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Calculate with Confidence provides a clear consistent format with a step-by-step approach to the calculation and administration of drug dosages It covers the ratio and proportion, formula, and dimensional analysis methods. This popular text focuses on enhancing the learning experience of students at all curricular levels by making content clinically applicable. Concepts relating to critical thinking, logical thinking, and nursing process are presented throughout. New practice problems have been added throughout this edition and rationales for the answers continue to be provided giving the students a better understanding of principles related to drug dosages. This fourth edition addresses the increasing responsibility of nurses in medication and administration; it emphasizes the priority for client care, and presents material that reflects the current scope of the nursing practice. The NEW student CD-ROM packaged with each book contains numerous interactive exercises and a comprehensive post-test.

• A clear and consistent, step-by-step approach to calculations and administration makes it easy to understand.
  
• Ratio and Proportion, Formula, and Dimensional Analysis content provides students with well-rounded coverage.
  
• Pretest and post-test help identify strengths and weaknesses in competency of basic math before and assess their comprehension after Unit One: Math Review.
  
• Points to Remember boxes highlighted in each chapter help students remember important concepts.
  
• Critical thinking information that should be applied in the clinical setting to help avoid drug calculation and administration errors is boxed throughout the text.
  
• Full-color illustrations, photographs, and drug labels familiarize students with what they'll encounter in the clinical setting.

• Current Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) and Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP) recommendations are followed, such as avoiding certain abbreviations, acronyms, and symbols to help ensure patient safety and quality of care
  
• Dimensional analysis method has been added to examples throughout the book providing an alternative method to converting and calculating dosages without the need to memorize a formula
  
• Content added to the Medication Administration chapter on the latest techniques and measures being used to prevent medication errors
  
• The Basic IV Calculations chapter has been reorganized into smaller sections to allow mastery of relevant content and calculations
  
• Content on the calculation of Heparin dosages according to weight and the calculation of meds by IV push has been added
  
• Syringes have been redrawn for a more accurate, realistic look
  
• Current drug labels are included reflecting the latest drugs used on the market
  
• A new Drug Calculations Student CD-ROM is packaged with every copy of the text. This user friendly, interactive student tutorial includes an extensive menu of various topic areas within drug calculations such as oral, parenteral, pediatric, and intravenous calculations. Covering the ratio and proportion, formula, and dimensional analysis methods, this CD contains 565 practice problems including a comprehensive post-test

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Need a mortgage but worried about the market? In Mortgages For Dummies, 3^rd Edition, bestselling authors Eric Tyson and Ray Brown give you proven solutions for obtaining a mortgage, whether you want to buy your first home, refinance, or tap into your equity. You get the latest on sub-prime and adjustable-rate mortgages, finding the best lender, avoiding fiscal pitfalls and foreclosure, and much, much, more!

This easy-to-understand, objective, and jargon-free guide helps you fine-tune your finances, figure out what you can afford, and improve your credit score before you go mortgage shopping. You’ll get familiar with the advantages and disadvantages of fixed- and adjustable-rate mortgages, 15- and 30-year loans, and conforming and jumbo packages. You also get help finding and working with reputable professionals, comparing programs, and securing terms you can live with. Discover how to:

• Match your mortgage to your financial goals
• Qualify for a mortgage even when money is tight
• Find the right loan for you
• Choose the best lender/broker
• Negotiate the best terms
• Calculate your costs and payments
• Understand and complete all paperwork
• Refinance an existing mortgage
• Understand and consider special situation loans
• Explore reverse mortgages and other options
• Decipher amortization tables and comparison worksheets
• Use the Internet wisely when mortgage shopping

Now, more than ever, you need clear, reliable information that helps you get the mortgage you need at a price you can afford. You need Mortgages For Dummies, 3^rd Edition!.
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A sequel to the best-selling Chess Training Pocket Book.

This book sharpens your game through examining 320 of the most important chess positions taken from games over the last 120 years. Organized by difficulty to aid players in preparing for their own competitive games, the book features instructive explanations, solutions, and tips conveniently displayed on facing pages..
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Today's most clear-cut guide for understanding and making everyday financial decisions

Is it better to buy or lease a car? How does one calculate an investment return? For that matter, what exactly is an investment return? The Personal Finance Calculator provides noncomplex tools and calculations for assessing current personal wealth, determining how much debt is too much debt, understanding credit card interest rates, and more.

Written by Esme Faerber, a McGraw-Hill author renowned for simplifying complex finance topics and explaining their use, this clear, concise book explains simple steps for getting one's financial life in order and saving money over both the short and long term. Readers will learn how to:

• Keep investment costs from undercutting overall returns
• Use the popular "Rule of 72" to estimate investment growth
• Determine how much money they will need for retirement

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Every player has heard the saying, "Chess is 99 percent tactics." It isn't.

It's 99 percent calculation. But until now there has never been a book devoted entirely to this most mysterious and essential chess technique

This book examines both the technical and practical aspects of how to think ahead -- the selection of candidate moves, the evaluation of end positions, finding the proper move order, and the like.

Special attention is paid to the broad range of calculating mistakes, such as overlooked zwischenzugs and "quiet moves," visualization blunders, and "believing" your opponent..
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Whether dealing in coffee, wheat, pork bellies, silver or gold, any buyer investing in commodities is trading in the futures market. For the investor, the goal is to make money when that commodity either gains or loses in value. Winning with Futures demystifies the market, with all of its risks and opportunities, and enables readers to make the most informed decisions when betting on the outcome of a product. With easy-to-follow, practical advice, Michael C. Thomsett teaches novice investors to select the best commodities—from energy and imports to financial futures; manage risks effectively while diversifying their portfolios; and avoid selling at the wrong time.

Complete with a history of the futures market as well as an evaluation of the risks involved for all types of futures, this book will help every investor make far better predictions and much bigger profits.

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This convenient, money-saving package is a must-have for students training for a career in nursing It includes the Calculate with Confidence - Text and Drug Calculations Online (User Guide and Access Code). Calculate with Confidence - 0323029280, Drug Calculations Online for Calculate with Confidence (User Guide and Access Code) - 032302632X.
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Building on the success of the original ‘Magic Numbers and using wholly new and up to date examples, ‘Magic Numbers for Stock Investors looks at key ratios that all investors can use easily to look at the financial health and growth prospects of a company before they buy shares in it. The ratios are described in details, with simple formulas, and help on where to find the data needed to calculate them. There are worked examples, both fictional and actual, in each ‘magic number section.

The book follows the same format of ‘Magic Numbers (published 2002). But the difference is that it focuses specifically on ratios that are of use to investors in shares. All examples are new and fully updated; around a dozen new ratios have been added; and all worked company examples are different to those in the original book..
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